Senior Tax Accountant or Controller

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Summary

Experienced Controller & Tax Accountant

Experienced manager of Finance & Human Resources having risen up the ladder from the bottom; I consider myself self-motivated, personable and task-oriented person.

Experienced income tax returns preparer for individuals, especially high net-worth individuals, corporations and partnership returns;

Provide responsible, efficient and accurate bookkeeping services;

Performed contractual and royalty audits;

Represented clients before the IRS and state authorities;

Dealt with Tax Forms: FBAR/FATCA, 8938, 5471, 5472, W-8BEN, 1042, 1040NR, 1040, 1120, 1120S, 1165 etc. Prepared multi-state tax returns. Prepared and filed sales tax, use tax and rent tax;

Experienced at serving mega Public Accounting firms for three years at KPMG & PwC during peak seasons on contract basis; Served at mid-sized CPA firms (e.g. Salibello & Broder - currently known as BDO) and IFS for three years;

Worked and received appreciation while serving at Law Firm (for twelve years) – which was retained by seven major Studios in Entertainment industry.

Sr. Tax ASSOCIATE Lancesoft, Inc.

2121 Cooperative Way Suite 130, Herndon, VA 20171

(Placement Agency for Price-Waterhouse Coopers)

Remote federal and multistate business tax review & preparation,

forms 1065, Schedule K1, all schedules & attachments

technical and compliance review of partnership and corporate returns.

Review of estimated payments; and multi-state tax returns, state modifications and prepare apportionment schedules for PwC.

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Integrated Financial Services, PC

363 Seventh Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10001

Full time Temp Job

High Net-Worth individuals, partnership (form 1065) & corporate returns;

Manage Client Bookkeeping, review data entry, bill payment, invoicing etc;

bank reconciliation;

General ledger review, monthly/year-end closing reports;

Deadline oriented, task management, function independently & in a team environment with equal ease.

Controller

Sr. Auditor

Sargoy, Stein, Rosen & Shapiro – (Law Firm)

37 West 38th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY

June 2022 – June 2023

January 2022 – May 2022

Peak Tax Season

June 2016 – December 2021

March 2015 – May 2016

Oversee and coordinate all financial & accounting activities and personnel;

Identify feasible cost containment avenues, analyze the financial feasibility & necessity of upgrading technology, human resource needs;

Weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual interaction and supervision of business partners, outside auditors, and the firm’s outside accountants:

Provide financial advice leading to the changing of Health, Life and Disability Insurance companies;

Prepare firm’s Budget, P&L, Financial Statements of the firm on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis; support month-end and year-end close process

Ensure compliance with federal and state regulations;

Provide strategic financial advice to the Partners resulting in the change of the firm’s retirement savings agency;

Prepare the Annual reports submitted to the Seven Film Studios who pay the firm’s salaries and expenses and prepared annual audits conducted by them;

Liaise with partner banks like JP Morgan Chase, reconcile companies six accounts and the Trust accounts. Obtained PPP loans within 72 hours and see it through full forgiveness;

Royalty Audits, Compliance, and Due Diligence requirements of Audits and Audit reports for domestic and international film studios. Plan reports, define scope identify measure, manage, monitor, review, and report on risks; summarize significant audit findings, present cost-effective recommendations, address deficiencies, propose improvements, better internal controls, and submit cohesive audit reports.

SUPERVISORY TAX ACCOUNTANT

Trident Tax & Resources (Business & Tax Consultants)

08-10 Highland Avenue, Ste. 2C, Yonkers, NY 10705

May 2009 – February 2015

Ensure client compliance with US GAAP requirements; preparation of income tax work papers and quarterly and year-end tax ASC 740 provision calculations

Apply financial modeling with ratio analysis on various aspects of financial statements. Provide compliance, inspection reports for clients, pertaining to accounting, tax, and audit services standards and practices

Tax planning for high net-worth clients, partnership income, real estate income, stock options, equity investments etc.

Function as clients’ key representative before local, state, and federal revenue authorities.

Serve as Point Person for all things Retirement Savings, Flexible Compensations, allocations, withdrawals, etc.

Sole contact with the Payroll Company the firm dealt with.

ACCOUNTANT / PAYROLL COMPLIANCE

Project Leader & Administrator

project situated in Bronx, New York

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University

1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY10461

January 2008 – April 2009

Supervised the collection, archiving and training of personnel on the Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and Payroll software.

Managed the project from initiation to collection, analysis, and integration of data and documents.

Developed and enforced proper earning codes in adherence to NRA sources of income, Tax Forms W-8.

ACCOUNTANT AND OPERATIONS OFFICER

Malikas Group Corp. d/b/a (Tax & Immigration Law Consultants)

08-10 Highland Avenue, Ste. 2C, Yonkers, NY 10705

November 2001 – December 2007

Apply and examine, transfer pricing issues of corporate taxpayers (IRC §482); analyze related-party transactions domestic and international.

Liaise with and report on, various agencies on behalf of clients and the firm.

Prepared financial statements and audit plans, as well as design internal controls for clients, domestic, foreign and joint ventures, in accordance with best practices.

Represented clients before federal, state and local tax authorities, if required.

TAX SPECIALIST

KPMG

345 Park Avenue, New York, NY10154-0102

August 2000 – October 2001

Prepared individual taxes for high-net-worth clients. Specifically, responsible, for C-Corp., S-Corp., Partnership Taxes (form 1065), Trust Tax Returns for customers such as Bed, Bath & Beyond.

STAFF ACCOUNTANT – PROJECT LEADER

MetLife Resources July 1999 – July 2000

200 Park Ave., 12th Fl, New York, NY10166

Prepared multi-state apportionment schedules based on “Factors” rules including Property, Payroll or Sales;

Managed and prepared lease schedules of various aircraft companies and prepared their Corporate and Partnership Tax Returns, Multistate Tax Returns;

Prepare Audit Reports according to industry-accepted standards and practices;

STAFF ACCOUNTANT/ AUDITOR January 1998 – June-1999

Salibello & Broder LLP (now merged with BDO Seidman)

633 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017

Responsible for Compliance and Financial audits for small to medium sized firms. Prepare Audit Reports according to GAAP standards.

Prepared tax returns for various Chapters of New York Trade Unions (textile workers, IBEW, etc.); Partnership returns.

Conduct complex compliance/operational audits, at various client locations; determine effective internal controls;

Staff Auditor June 1994 – December 1997

Sargoy, Stein, Rosen & Shapiro – (Law Firm)

37 West 38th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Accounting: May 1993 -University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 89557

New York State (NYS) Board of Accountancy Requirements Completion (Dean’s List): 1994 Long Island University; Mercy College

Financial Modeling and Valuation Training: 2012 Investment Banking Institute

Attended various courses and seminars at Mercy College, Baruch College, the City University of New York (CUNY)

SOFTWARE – ACCOUNTING, HUMAN RESOURCES & TAX-RELATED

Tax Software (ATX, Lacerte, TAXACT and Windstar), Banner Human Resources

Peachtree Accounting (Currently Sage 50), Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Citrix ShareFile

Advance Excel skills including pivot tables, v-look up, etc.

Ability to multitask, detailed oriented with ability to prioritize on need basis

Excellent communication and analytical skills.

AVAILABLE FOR TELEPHONIC & ZOOM/GOOGLE MEET INTERVIEW WITH 24 HOURS NOTICE

LOCAL AREA WESTCHESTER COUNTY & MANHATTAN, NEW YORK

REFERNCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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